Gavin Bishop

Gavin Bishop is a highly acclaimed children's book author and illustrator of more than 60 books, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes. Gavin has been awarded numerous fellowships and national book prizes, and in 2018, his book Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story won the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and the Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Gavin's artwork has featured in exhibitions internationally, including Japan and Czechoslovakia. He lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand.